Meghan Markle’s new Netflix Christmas has been critically panned by the British media ever since its release. The one-off episode, titled With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, aired on the same day the King and Queen hosted the German state visit, and just hours after the Princess of Wales published a personal letter to guests attending her annual carol concert on Friday.
It follows the first two seasons of With Love, Meghan and comes after the Sussexes signed their new watered-down, first-look deal with the streaming giant back in August. However, it appears that Meghan’s latest offering did not manage to capture the hearts of its critics.
The episode was blasted by various media outlets, with one saying it’s “unfathomable” and way “more than we deserve”.
The Times’s Hilary Rose was highly critical of the episode, saying: “It’s unfathomable: four pointless crafts, three random ‘friends’, two unseen kids, one English prince and a duchess in a pear tree, or at least making pear syrup.”
She opined: “I can only assume that the part where she puts on monogrammed red pyjamas and talks about quiche Lorraine in a My Fair Lady accent was a fever dream,” before adding: “We learn that red is a festive colour and that if you don’t like cheese or pepper, you might not like a dish consisting of cheese and pepper.”
Meanwhile, The Telegraph gave it a one-star review, with its Arts and Entertainment Editor Anita Singh saying it’s “quite mad and a little bit sad”. Ms Singh said that Meghan “Meghan, as ever, tries way too hard. The programme is quite mad and a little bit sad.”
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration also got a one-star review by The Independent. Writer Hannah Ewens dubbed it a “predictably insipid festive special”.
She said: “It’s not a real special by any stretch, but some YouTube content or the radio that you might put on in the background as you do your tree or wrap your presents. White noise to dull the senses. It’s all a little Stepford Wives; not informative, fun, enjoyable or even aspirational. Because the people watching this, including me, will never have a Christmas like this.”
The Guardian was a bit more lenient and gave the episode two stars. TV critic Lucy Mangan warned viewers to take “anti-nausea pills” to stomach the show’s contents.
She said: “I would advise any viewers who are British, not in the acting profession and/or not married to the Duchess of Sussex to take as many anti-emetics as medically advisable, then assume the crash position. I feel both offended and harmed, but in the spirit of goodwill, I will add a star to my rating in gratitude for the fact that at least we are safe now until next year.”
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